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Bachelor of Arts degrees are sometimes considered soft subjects, turning out unemployable graduate after unemployable graduate. Fortunately, that’s not at all true: just 6.2% of ex-English students are unemployed (not in work or further study) after graduation. It’s no secret that English students go on to make great journalists, copywriters, editors and authors, but what if you don’t fancy any […]

Blonde, redhead, brunette… whichever category you fall into, it may have significant affects on your career prospects and even how much you’re paid. So what if that bright pink semi-perm proves too much of a temptation to resist? Is self-expression still anathema in the office? Hair history Back in the 1950s, Shirley Polykoff of ad agency Foote, Cone and Belding […]

So you’ve nailed that tasty job offer – but are you ready to file the paperwork? Only fools disregard the power of the employment contract. Next time you review your terms and conditions, keep an eye out for the following trip-ups. Flexibility clauses e.g. “The Company reserves the right to make reasonable changes to any of your terms and conditions […]

Back in 1978, clinical psychologists Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes realised that many individuals were far from revelling in their success, but in fact tormented by it. No matter their accomplishments, these people inwardly feared that they would be exposed as less talented than others believed them to be. Clance and Imes described the complaint as ‘Imposter Syndrome’. […]

The prospect of tackling excel can fill many employees with dread. The software can be intimidating to spreadsheet novices and even those who use it on a day to day basis. Luckily, help is on hand as our friends at STL have given us their most useful tips and tricks that will not only save us from an excel nightmare, […]